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The muscle of the thigh are classified into three groups, anterior group, posterior group, and interior or adductors group. There are four muscle on the anterior group - quadriceps femoris- and their function is to extend the knee or extend the thigh depend on what part of the muscle don't move. Those muscle are the rectus femorarlis, vastu intermedius, vastu medialis, and vastus lateralis. The muscle that flex the knee are located on the back of the thigh and form the posterior group. They are the biceps femoris, semitendinousus, and the semimembranosus, better known as Hamstring.
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Extends the thigh and flex the knee?
The quadriceps extends the thigh and the hamstring muscles flex the knee
What extends the knee and flexes the thigh?
The Femoral nerve. (The motor branches innervate anterior thigh muscles - quadriceps, which flex the thigh and extend the knee.)
Which muscles originate on the ischial tuberosity and extend the thigh at the hip plus flex the leg at the knee?
Semimembranosus, semitendinosus, and biceps femoris ... The hamstrings
Which muscles flex the thigh?
The muscle group is called the Quadriceps
What muscles extend flex the arm?
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What muscle can do?
Muscles can contract and shorten
Extend thigh and flex knee?
Biceps Femoris, Semimembranosus, and Semitendinosus
Is The antagonist muscle to the quadriceps is the hamstring?
The Hamstrings consist of three muscles that have the same action: the Biceps Femoris, Semitendinosus and Semimembranosus. Their actions are to flex the knee joint, adduct the leg, and extend the thigh. The Quadriceps femoris is four muscles of the femur. They are the Rectus femoris, Vastus lateralis, Vastus medialis, and Vastus intermedialis. As a group (the quads) they extend the leg at the knee.
What group of thigh muscles that flex the thigh?
gracilis , adductor longus , adductor brevis and upper part of adductor magnus
What muscles flex and extend the forearm?
Biceps Brachii flexes the forearm and the Triceps Brachii extends the forearm.
Paralysis of which muscle would make an individual unable to flex the hip?
To extend the leg straight at the knee you use the quadriceps. To bend the knee, you need the hamstring.Hamstring muscle groups.
What do the triceps and biceps muscles do?
The triceps muscles extend (straighten) the arm, while the biceps muscles flex (bend) it at the elbow joint.
